'Epic Compost Challenge: From Scraps to Black Gold in Just 18 Days!

In this video, we show you every flip of our 18 day hot compost pile.

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[sgtrickards]

I found out about permaculture in 2015, after i got out of the military. Im a disabled Vet and dont work anymore. I building a food forest to keep my mind busy. So far, I have 20 different fruit trees and a bunch of other edible plants. Loads of berries. Woodchips are my best friend. Permaculture is what i do now. Life is strange. You never know where itll take you.

[wordswritteninred]

Oh man! You may have just fed my family this next year! We moved. The house we bought, sat empty for several years. Clay soil. No garden patch. And of course, I have no compost. But if you can do it in 18 days, we’ll, we will have food this years harvest! Thank you! Now, I gotta go watch.

[davidbetts]

Many thanks. I’m a small-scale gardener in the UK and I make my compost in 14-litre buckets. I use the same principles as you’ve shown here. I completely agree that home-made compost is way better than shop-bought.

[spoolsandbobbins]

AWESOME So first flip day 4 and every other flip every other day. You guys have lots of energy. We pray every day for that kind of strength and God always gives us the grace. Bless you guys, from Canada

[sheidfamilyfarms]

Just so you guys know we watch a TON of homesteading youtube haha! You guys have by far some of the most helpful content! Thank you so much for what you guys do! It helps us newbies out like crazy!!

[Skashoon]

Very glad you’ve shown us the CToS method. The 18 day was just too much for me. Looking back, I was so eager to make compost that I once had 5 piles going and ended up flipping a couple each day. (No enough gas to do all 5 in a day) I eventually merged them into 3 piles. I think I became burned out on making compost. Fortunately you came up with a far better solution, perhaps saving my life.

[Cat_Not_Kat]

Thank you for explaining the importance of the heap height! Had issues with mine not getting hot despite having a lot of material and I understand now that it’s definitely too short.

[FatherFigure]

I love flipping the compost pile. The steam and the noticeable changes in the material is so satisfying.

[brianwhite]

Like watching someone bake a cake. Every time they open the oven door, the cake looks better & better. :)

[tpen]

September 2021 I just made my very first 18 day Hot Compost. Can't wait to see how it comes out. Thank you guys for taking the time to share your know how, in the other videos. Got to pick up a tarp tomorrow to cover.

[thefiveacrewoods]

We are clearing an area to use to try this out. Can't wait. Keep these informative videos coming, we enjoy your videos so much.

[jtharp]

Great informative content - I cant wait to start using mine, I purchased the Goebin 4 foot holds 260 pounds $38 on A - opens on sides with turn key locks. U can make wider,
Thank you Mr. Billy & Michelle for raising such an amazing Son, very hands on young man, like our Sons ages 37 & 33 ....
God bless you all .
Mrs Josette Tharp
Montgomery County, Texas 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[caldaque]

Great looking compost guys. Nothing better than using your own land and resources to better improve your food producing soil. Awesome.

[archegosfarmsteadship]

Thank you thank you thank you!!! This is a great video, I finally get it how to do a compost pile, you made it simple to understand and showed the complete process! Blessings!

[josephhall]

P.I.M.P. Creative! I watched another video where you referred to yourself as a "pimp" and I was like 🤔. It's definitely y'alls passion. Keep up the great work!

[paulwest]

One of the best videos I’ve watched so far on hot composting, great job Billy & William!

[littlemissblueyes]

You have perfect Pitch fork stacking skills!

[simonriley]

I have a food handler’s certificate and a agricultural food safety certification and we need to make sure that our compost is getting to temp and if we the edible part of what we are harvesting is touching the compost, the compost must be applied 120 days before you intend to harvest. If it is not touching the edible parts then it’s 90 days before harvest. This is so that you can’t be legally held liable if someone gets sick because you are drastically reducing the risk.

[ericaparker]

It's winter and I'm jealous of the steam coming out of that beautiful compost pile! lol. Nicely done. Can't wait to try it in the spring.

[jpayne]

I just got my Comfrey in the mail today! One day early! Thank you! I've been Trying to identify it here on my property but too many variables and I figured just go simple and by some from you.
Thank you for all your videos I've been binge watching for a while now.